Streamer Sam Pepper Banned From Pump.enjoyable, Kick After Injuring Woman With Firework Stunt

Content creator Sam Pepper was banned from livestreaming platforms Pump.enjoyable and Kick after sending a younger teen to the hospital in New Delhi, India, by hitting them within the face with a firework whereas reside.

Pepper and his mates had been firing Roman candle-style fireworks at one another in the course of the Diwali festival, with locals becoming a member of in on the chaos. Any enjoyment shortly turned bitter when the British influencer immediately hit an area younger teen within the face with a firework.

“Oh my god!” Pepper screamed, pumping one fist within the air as somebody close by yelled, “Headshot!” But the thrill quickly pale because the injury grew to become extra obvious, and the injured woman was rushed to the hospital on the again of a motorbike.

Pepper informed Decrypt the younger teen was “cut above their eyebrow from the point of the rocket,” and went to the hospital to get a “butterfly stitch and [then] was released.” A neighborhood mentioned on the livestream that he’d been informed that the sufferer had misplaced her eye, though the native was skeptical.

“I had a friend go and make sure they were okay, and called the family. And [I] apologized and made sure to give them some compensation for the situation and the hospital fees,” Pepper informed Decrypt. “I feel extremely bad about this situation, and will [in] no way be playing with fireworks again.”

Pepper claimed that the woman’s “vision is fine,” and that he sent his friend to the hospital with cash, so Pepper couldn’t prove what he’d paid for. “The family don’t speak English, so I briefly said sorry, but that’s it. [I] was too embarrassed to bother them more than that,” he added.

The streamer told Decrypt that he had been “briefly banned” from Pump.fun, and had received a formal warning. His profile still appeared to be streaming throughout Tuesday morning. However, Pump.fun co-founder Alon Cohen told Decrypt that Pepper was banned from the platform, and it was implemented on the platform a few hours afterward. The Brit was additionally banned from Kick, the place he had cross-streamed the incident.

While the firework incident went viral, the livestreamer’s NERVE meme coin—which was launched on Solana via Pump.fun—has dropped nearly 16% to a $148,000 market capitalization over the past 24 hours, according to DEX Screener.

This isn’t the primary time that Pepper has discovered himself in sizzling water over controversial on-line content material.

Back in 2014, the BBC reported that he was investigated by the LAPD on suspicion of a sexual offense after posting a YouTube video called “Fake Hand Ass Pinch Prank,” in which he inappropriately touched multiple women. He also uploaded a video doing the same to men.

Both videos were eventually taken down, and he claimed it was all part of a social experiment to highlight sexual harassment against men. The LAPD told the BBC that it hadn’t contacted, interviewed, or arrested Pepper, and ultimately declined to move forward due to a lack of cooperation from the alleged victim.

A 12 months later, he kidnapped one of his friends and pretended to shoot another friend in front of him for a video. Viewers called it cruel, with a petition demanding its removal gaining significant traction. However, the victim defended the video in a now-deleted post on X, saying that he’s “truthfully not mad” and it made his friendship with the faux murder victim “a lot stronger.”

Pepper’s incident, likewise, isn’t the primary firework-fueled accident tied to Pump.enjoyable.

Last 12 months, a Florida man doused himself in isopropyl alcohol and had friends shoot fireworks at him in an attempt to pump his DARE meme coin. He quickly went up in flames, and was rushed to the hospital with third-degree burns across 30% of his body. The token value pumped, however the dev couldn’t promote resulting from his poor bodily situation. 

He later quit the project and has been livestreaming safer content material below a different token.

Editor’s observe: This story was up to date after publication to appropriate that one other individual yelled “Headshot,” not Pepper himself, and to add further detail regarding the earlier LAPD investigation.